The 6,000 students at the Rev. Jerry...

SPIN THE BOTTLE.

August 27, 1988

LYNCHBURG, VA. — SPIN THE BOTTLE. The 6,000 students at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University face mandatory drug screening this year. A school official said the random program apparently is the first at a U.S. college. Urine-testing could begin next week and will include all students during the program's first year. Falwell spokesman Mark DeMoss said he did not expect students would be scared away and had heard no complaints from students who must sign waivers allowing the tests. ''I think the ones that could get scared away did get scared away,'' DeMoss said. ''And I think we attracted some too.'' Faculty and staff ''are voluntary participants,'' DeMoss said. ''I think you'll see participation from the top down.'' There are no plans to test employees of Falwell's other organizations.